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Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet
At a Glance
- historic building surrounded by major tourist attractions
- luxurious accommodations
- exceptional service
Pros
- expensive Internet and food
- limited fitness facilities
- no view from rooms on lower floors
Cons
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Four Seasons Hotel Sultanahmet Review
What a rehabilitation success story: a former prison steps from Topkapi Palace and Aya Sofya is now one of Istanbul's premier accommodations, where rooms and suites are luxuriously outfitted with reading chairs, original works of art, and bathrooms with deep tubs and overlook the Sea of Marmara, the old city, or a manicured interior courtyard. The rooftop terrace, which offers spectacular views of the Aya Sofya and other monuments, is the perfect place to have a drink and watch the sun set.
2011 Fodor's 100 Hotel Award Winner
Unexpected Jailhouse Splendor
It's not just anywhere that you can stay in a former prison outfitted with world-class amenities and service fit for a sultan. Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul offers all the livable luxury the brand is known for in a century-old, neoclassical building that once housed some of Turkey's most illustrious prisoners (whose graffiti you can still glimpse on the premises). The hotel's location, smack-dab in the middle of the ancient Sultanahmet district, just steps from the Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, is unbeatable. Relax in the peaceful interior garden courtyard, cocktail in hand, as you listen to the call to prayer echo from the famous Blue Mosque nearby.
- Address: Tevkifhane Sok. 1, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, 34110 | Map It
- Phone: 212/402-3000
- Website: www.fourseasons.com/istanbul
- Location: Sultanahmet
Contact Information
- 54 rooms, 11 suites.
- Credit cards accepted.
Hotel Details
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